Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #199


My house is slowly recovering from the Flu.  It always sounds like you are "under the weather for a few days and then right back to normal".  Wrong.  It was a full week of extreme illness and now a week later everyone still has very low energy, coughing, and a generally feeling of "off".  My poor husband is definitely the worse, I think this is due to him rarely getting sick whereas my son and I get the school sniffles all the time.  Maybe we built up some sort of resistance??

Anyways,  this weeks sketch from AHSC is a classic!  And a great way to showcase a few different patterned papers at the same time. I choose to work with the Dreamin' Big paper packet and the Dreamin' Big - Cardmaking (Z3303) coordinating stamp set that has really lovely sentiments and it that comes with thin cuts for super cute bugs like these butterflies.

Other products I used on this care are the Dreamin' Big Sequins, White & Gold Twine, black ink for the stamping, and juniper, poppy and saffron cardstock.

Thank you for stopping by and I truly appreciate your comments. I hope I have inspired you to come play along with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

Happy Crafting.




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  1. Arlene BonsmaFebruary 15, 2017 at 11:34 AM

    Lovely card, thank you for the reminder about the sketch challenge.

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